Paul,

This'll confuse you no end, but freedom of speech means the freedom to say things some people find offensive. Bad speech (or what you'd consider bad speech) isn't stopped by censorship. Its stopped by good speech. Confused yet? Censoring some speech doesn't stop it, it just moves it underground where it can fester.

Speaking of being confused... I know that to you, fact is a four letter word. but Trump didn't make the garbage comment about Puerto Rico despite what those you rely on to tell you what to think told you. Confused yet? Biden OTOH did say that half the US population were rubbish. But as I say, facts and Paul are mutually exclusive.

I'm still trying to find out when muslim became a race. Is Christian a race? Scientology?

To call PH 'Racists' in itself is idiotic let alone infinitely wrong !
Racists will call anyone racist except those who are racist !

Justice Stewart found the phrase " piss of back to Pakistan,"
to be a variation of "go back to where you came from" and
that it was a "racist trope with a long history".

He found that it stems back to anti-immigrant and native
beliefs from the White Australia Policy.

The justice explained in his written reasons that:

"Although the tweet does not explicitly target Muslims in
Australia it does so implicitly through the reference to
Pakistan (i.e. the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) where
97% of people identify as Muslim and by targeting a
prominent Muslim and commanding her to go back to Pakistan".

Justice Stewart further explained:

"I am comfortably satisfied that both groups of people in
Australia that I have identified being persons of colour
who are migrants or of relatively recent migrant heritage
and persons of colour who are Muslim, are reasonably
likely to have been offended (i.e. profoundly and seriously)
insulted, humiliated and intimidated".

Justice Stewart found that Hanson's tweet amounted to a
contravention of the Racial Discrimination Act. Stewart
found that Hanson carelessly disregarded or was wilfully
blind to her tweets effect upon people who would be hurt
by it.

There's more at the following:

http://lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/40896-pauline-hanson-s-racial-discrimination-finding-explained

So, it's OK for Arabs to scream 'gas the Jews' on Sydney streets, and to preach anti-Semitic hatred in the mosques. But, when a red-haired white Australian woman says 'piss off back to Pakistan', that's racist!

Or is that two women: Hanson is described as "racists", plural.

Would 'go back to England you pommy bastard' be racist these days.

Probably not, unless the pommy bastard in question wasn't white.

In short:

NSW Police say forensic analysis has found no evidence the
phrase "gas the Jews" was chanted in videos circulating
online from a pro-Palestinian rally at the Sydney Opera House
in October despite witness statements saying it was.

Investigators could not find any evidence nor could they attribute
these statements to any specific individuals.

As for the term "POM" (Prisoner of Mother England). This term
many Aussies use in a lighthearted and affectionate manner.
To many, however, - this term is outmoded - like the outdated terms -
Wog, Dago, Jap, Chow, Coon, Reffo, and even Wasp, are rarely
used nowdays.

It is important of course, to be sensitive to how some
people may react. It is better to gauge the people's
sensitivities before using any of these outdated terms - even
in a lighthearted manner.

mhaze,

I would have no problem if Ms Hanson went underground with her hate speech, she could channel the likes of you. The fact is the judge in this case found Hanson was racist against my dear friend and excellent politician Mehreen Faruqi. Even Hanson admits she's not the sharpest tool in the shed, and ain't that a fact.

ttbn,

Still trumpeting a vote for the One Nation racist.

Indy,

You certainly know to well how to throw a good old fashioned racist comment, remember your "Concrete Jungle Bunny" racially motivated insult you directed at me on this very forum. knowing I have some Aboriginal heritage!

On the "Puerto Rico is floating garbage" that was said at a Trump rally, by a so called Trump loving comedian. I take it as endorsed by Trump. The fact is Trump hasn't even apologised for the sledge of people of colour by his good buddy! Looks like the red necked Trump has lost the Puerto Rican vote with that comment.